Cornell University Athletics

1887 – The first lacrosse game at Cornell takes place on Oct. 15, as two brothers, Albert and Tom Vickers, recruit friends and classmates to participate in what amounts to pickup games on campus. The Cornell Lacrosse Association is formed with W.F.D. Crane as president, Edwin Sternberger as secretary and treasurer, and Albert Vickers as captain.
  
1892 – The first intercollegiate game in Cornell history takes place on May 28, as the University of Toronto defeats the Big Red, 10-3. 

1893 – After playing only one game in the 1892 season, Cornell plays a four-game slate, including a contest with Lehigh, before winning its first ever game vs. the Marcellus lacrosse club, 6-0.

1894 – The Big Red has its first winning season, posting a 2-1 record as it defeats Johns Hopkins, 6-0, and the Onondaga Indians, 5-0. 

1895 – Harvard is added to the schedule and Cornell defeats the Crimson, 2-1. 

1898 – The Big Red and Hobart meet for the first time, beginning college lacrosse’s longest ongoing rivalry. 

1899 – Cornell plays a nine-game schedule for the first time in program history, posting a 4-3-2 record, thanks to two victories over Hobart, a win over Columbia and a victory over Howard. 

1901 – Penn is added to the schedule and Cornell defeats the Quakers, 3-1. 

1902 – With a 4-2 record, Cornell wins its first Intercollegiate Championship. 

1903 – Despite an overall record of 2-4-1, Cornell repeats as Intercollegiate Champions. 

1907 – Cornell goes undefeated for the first time in program history, posting a perfect 7-0 record and is named Intercollegiate Champions, along with Johns Hopkins.

1911 – Cornell opens the season with one of the preeminent lacrosse teams of the time, Navy, and falls to the Midshipmen, 12-0. 

1914 – The Big Red is named Intercollegiate Champions for the fourth time in school history, sharing the honor with Lehigh.

1915 – For the first time in program history, the team is not run by a student manager, but by a head coach, as Talbot Hunter takes over the Big Red.

1916 – For the second time in three years, the Big Red is named intercollegiate champions, along with Lehigh.

1920 – After three seasons without a team (1917-1919), lacrosse returns under new head coach Nicholas Bawlf. According to the 1921 Cornellian, “Coach Bawlf had but two experienced men upon which to build a team, but due to his own untiring efforts and the enthusiasm with which the revival of the sport was received … lacrosse for 1920 was an unqualified success.” Cornell met upstate rival, Syracuse, for the first time and came back from an early deficit to tie the game at 3-3, but the Orangemen went on to claim a 5-3 victory. 

1921 – The Big Red adds another local rivalry with the addition of Colgate to the schedule. Cornell ties the Maroons, 3-3, in their first-ever meeting, but goes on to defeat Colgate, 6-1, in Hamilton later in the season. 

1922 – When Cornell opens spring practice, 40 men come out for the team, including 11 members of the 1921 squad. As a result, the first men’s lacrosse freshman squad is formed. Following the season, Walt Krauss and Joe Rooney become the first All-America selections in Big Red lacrosse history, earning second- and third-team honors, respectively. 

1923 – The Big Red posts a 6-2 record, and by virtue of it’s first-ever victory over Syracuse, it ties for the Northern League championship. 

1924 – Spring practice brought out a record number of aspirants, as 104 men tried out for the Big Red lacrosse team. Following the season, goaltender Charles Stainton becomes Cornell’s very first selection to the All-America first team, while Joe Rooney becomes the Big Red’s first three-time All-America selection, a feat that would not be repeated until 1951.

1930 – The Big Red begins the most successful stretch of Coach Bawlf’s tenure, going 16-5-5 over the 1930, ’31, ’32 and ’33 seasons. 

1933 – “A new page in lacrosse history was turned when, on March 25, the Bawlfmen, with little practice, met Syracuse in the first intercollegiate box-lacrosse game ever played. A record crowd at Rochester saw Cornell win, 12-7, in a contest marked by the five tallies of Phil Winslow and the admirable goal-minding of Tom Haire. When one considers the inexperience at indoor play, the playing of both teams was commendable.” – The 1934 Cornellian.

1940 – Ray Van Orman takes over as the third head coach in Cornell lacrosse history. During this span, he also serves as the assistant coach for the Big Red football team. The team struggles during the season, but co-captain Bob Brennan provides a bright spot in the final game of the year as his 10 goals vs. Penn sets an intercollegiate scoring record. 

1944 – Fred Allner, Jr. becomes Cornell’s first recipient of the Schmeisser Cup, as the nation’s outstanding defenseman, while the Big Red posts a 4-1 record, the best season under Coach Van Orman. Following the season, four members of the team are named to the All-America squads, the most selections for the Big Red to that point.

1948 – The Big Red falls to a powerful Penn State squad, 10-5, but senior co-captain Ham Miller is brilliant in goal, stopping 25 Nittany Lions’ shots. 

1950 – Ross H. (Jim) Smith becomes the fourth head coach in Cornell history.

1951 – Senior attackman Tom Nuttle becomes Cornell’s first three-time All-America selection in nearly three decades, earning honorable mention accolades. 

1953 – After three losing seasons, Coach Smith’s squad goes 7-5, thanks to a five-game winning streak to end the year. Following the season, Connie Jones was invited to play for the North in the annual All-Star game.  

1954 – Thanks to the outstanding offensive production of attackman Dick Shriver and Tom Hopper, who register 33 goals apiece, Cornell posts the first nine-win season in the history of the program. For their efforts, Shriver and Hopper join defender Clarence Fauntleroy and midfielder Dave Bradfield as members of the All-America teams, giving the Big Red four members of the team for the first time in a decade. That year, Roy Taylor ’10 is named the USILA Man of the Year.

1955 – After opening the season with a 6-1-1 record, the Big Red travels to Syracuse to take on the Orangemen in what proves to be an epic battle. “Syracuse, pushing over a last-minute tally, edged Cornell 13-12 in a game which went into double overtime. The Orange triumphed in spite of the brilliant defense of goalie Dick Schaap, who chalked up 20 saves.” – The 1956 Cornellian. 

1956 – The Ivy League is formed and in a rather inauspicious start, Cornell finishes conference play with a 2-3 record. 

1957 – The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame is formed and Roy Taylor ’10 is a member of the inaugural class.  

1958 – Drawing upon 12 returning letter winners, Cornell goes 9-1-1, the best season in Coach Smith’s tenure, chalking up victories over Hobart, Syracuse, Penn State and the first victory over Yale in four years. The lone loss, to Princeton on the final day of the season, kept the Big Red from the Ivy League crown. 

1959 – For the second-straight season, Cornell wins nine games, going 9-2 and posting a 4-1 mark in the Ivy League. It’s the third nine-win season for Coach Smith in six years, the best six year span to that point. 

1962 – Coach Robert Cullen takes over as the fifth head coach in Cornell men’s lacrosse history and finishes his first season with an Ivy record of 3-2, improving on the previous season’s mark of 0-4-1.

1966 – Ned Harkness takes over as the sixth head coach in program history and leads the Big Red to just its second undefeated season, going 12-0, and winning the program’s first Ivy League title in the process. The team finished the season with a No. 2 national ranking. 

1967 – Cornell runs its winning streak to 24 straight games before falling to Princeton, 7-5. Butch Hilliard becomes the first Big Red player to win the Ens. C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the nation’s top goaltender after making 155 saves and holding opponents to 4.42 goals per game en route to an 11-1 record.

1968 – In Coach Ned Harkness’ final season, he leads the team to its second undefeated slate in three years. He leaves the program with a 35-1 record, the best winning percentage of any coach in Cornell men’s lacrosse history (.972). Butch Hilliard repeats as the Ens. C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award winner as the top goaltender in the country, making 171 saves and posting a 4.33 goals against average. 

1969 – The legendary Richie Moran takes over the program, beginning a 29-year tenure as the seventh head coach in men’s lacrosse history. Cornell midfielder Co-Capt. Pete Pierce said: “The players will miss Ned (Harkness) a lot. There are certain things he taught us which we won’t forget – like winning. Still, we have a great deal of confidence in Coach Moran, and we’re looking forward to playing under him.’” – Cornell Alumni News (April 1969)  

1970 – In just his second year, Coach Moran’s team is the only squad in the nation to go undefeated with a perfect record of 11-0, but controversy ensues when the USILA names Johns Hopkins, Navy and Virginia as the national champions, while Cornell is voted fifth in the country.

1971 – After losing in the season opener to Virginia, 10-9, Cornell rattles off 13-striaght victories and wins the first-ever NCAA national championship in men’s lacrosse when it defeats Maryland, 12-6. Coach Richie Moran earns his first Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year, while John Burnap wins the Schmeisser Cup as the nation’s outstanding defenseman and Bob Rule wins the Ens. C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the nation’s top goaltender, despite the fact that a season-ending knee injury kept him from playing in the NCAA tournament. 

1972 – Cornell goes 6-0 in the Ivy League for the third-straight season and wins its fifth-straight Ivy League title.

1973 – The Big Red defeats Harvard, 18-8 and begins a streak of 39 consecutive Ivy League victories, a record that still stands today. 

1974 – Cornell goes 6-0 in Ivy League games, beginning a streak of 10-straight Ivy League championships. As a team, the Big Red sets an Ivy League record by scoring 108 goals, and attackman Jim Trenz wins the very first Ivy League Player of the Year award, the first of six-straight Cornellians to earn the honor. 

1975 – Eamon McEneaney becomes the first Big Red player to earn the Jack Turnbull Award as the nation’s most outstanding attackman, while Coach Moran is named the USILA Man of the Year.

1976 – The Big Red has a program-high 10 players named to the All-America teams as it wins its second national championship, going 16-0 in the process and beginning an NCAA record 42-game winning streak. Mike French wins the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the nation’s most outstanding player, as well as the Jack Turnbull Award as the top attackman in the country after setting the Cornell scoring records for goals (65) and points (105). Dan Mackesey wins the Ens. C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the nation’s top goaltender after making 146 saves. 
  
1977 – Cornell caps off a 13-0 season with its second-straight NCAA championship as it defeats Johns Hopkins, 16-8. Coach Richie Moran earns his second Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year, while Eamon McEneaney wins the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the most outstanding player in the nation and Chris Kane wins the Schmeisser Cup as the nation’s outstanding defenseman. Dan Mackesey repeats as the winner of the Ens. C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the nation’s most outstanding goaltender, making it the fifth time in a 10-year span that a Big Red player has received the award.

1978 – The Big Red finishes the season as the national runner-up as it loses its first game in nearly three full seasons, falling to Johns Hopkins 13-8 in the NCAA championship game. Cornell has seven players named to the All-Ivy first-team, the most in school history. Bob Henrickson becomes the first Big Red player to earn the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin, Jr. Award as the nation’s top midfielder. Chris Kane becomes the first Big Red defenseman to repeat as a national award winner, with his second straight Schmeisser Cup.

1986 – Paul Schimoler becomes the first Cornell player to be named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. 

1987 – One season after finishing just over .500 (7-6) Cornell makes an improbable run to the NCAA championship game, where it falls to Johns Hopkins, 11-10 to finish the season at 13-1. Coach Richie Moran earns his third and final Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year, becoming just the second coach in the history of the award to win it three times. Tim Goldstein becomes the first Big Red player in over a decade to win the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the nation’s most outstanding player, as well as the Jack Turnbull Award as the top attackman in the country after setting the Cornell school record with 73 assists.

1988 – The Big Red makes its second-straight trip to the NCAA championship game, this time falling to its upstate rival Syracuse, 13-8, to come away with the runner-up trophy. 

1989 – Paul Schimoler becomes the second player in conference history, and the first Cornellian, to win the Ivy League Player of the Year award after having earned Rookie of the Year honors. 

1997 – Coach Richie Moran ends his 29-year tenure with the Big Red, retiring with a record of 257-121, the most wins in program history.

1998 – Dave Pietramala becomes just the eighth head coach in the 106-year history of the Big Red men’s lacrosse program.

2000 – In what will prove to be his final season with Cornell, Coach Pietramala leads the Big Red to its first 10-win season since the 1987 campaign and takes the team to its first NCAA tournament in five years. For his efforts, he earns the Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year.

2001 – Coach Jeff Tambroni becomes the ninth head coach in program history and goes 7-6 in his first season. 

2002 – Coach Tambroni leads the team to an 11-4 record, the most wins since the 1987 season, and takes the team to its first NCAA quarterfinal game since 1988. Sean Greenhalgh becomes just the second player in Cornell history to win Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. 

2003 – The Big Red goes 5-1 in the Ivy League and wins a share of the Ivy League crown, its first conference title since 1987.

2005 – Cornell goes 6-0 in conference play for its first outright Ivy League title since 1987. Sean Greenhalgh becomes the second player in Cornell history to earn Player of the Year honors, after being named the conference Rookie of the Year. 

2006 – Joe Boulukos is named a co-winner of the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin, Jr. Award as the nation’s top midfielder as he leads the Big Red to a share of its fourth-straight Ivy League championship, the longest streak since Cornell won 10 in a row from 1974-1983. For the first time in school history, the Big Red sweeps the major Ivy League honors as Boulukos wins Player of the Year, while Max Seibald is named Rookie of the Year.  

2007 – The Big Red capped an undefeated regular season (13-0) with the program’s first trip to the national semifinal since the 1988 campaign. Cornell held the top spot in both national polls for the final nine weeks of the season and finished the year with a 15-1 record and a perfect 6-0 mark in the Ivy League. Mitch Belisle earned the Schmeisser Cup as the Outstanding Defenseman in Division I, while Matt McMonagle won the Ensign C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the Outstanding Goaltender in Division I. The unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year, McMonagle was named first-team All-American along with Mitch Belisle and Max Seibald. In total, the Big Red had seven players named to the All-America teams. Seibald was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy, becoming the first Big Red men’s lacrosse player, and just the fourth second-year player in the history of the award,  to make it to the final five. Coach Jeff Tambroni was named the FieldTurf/NCAA Division I Coach of the Year in men’s lacrosse, while the Big Red were named the 2007 FieldTurf/ NCAA Lacrosse Team of the Year.

2008 – Cornell finished the year with an 11-4 record and a mark of 5-1 in the Ivy League to earn its sixth consecutive conference title. The Big Red also advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fifth straight season as the Ivy League’s lone representative. Max Seibald became just the eighth player in Cornell history to be named first-team All-Ivy three times and was also named to the 2008 Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award, Division I Player of the Year Watch List. Sophomore Ryan Hurley earned his first All-American selection after a breakout season in which he became just the 11th individual in Cornell history to score more than 40 goals in a single season. Likewise, his 60 total points on the season were the most by a Cornell sophomore since Eamon McEneaney tallied 96 points in 1975.

2009 – The Big Red advanced to the national championship game for the first time since 1988. Although Cornell dropped a heartbreaking 10-9 decision in overtime to Syracuse, the Big Red made its presence felt in the lacrosse community. Cornell finished the year with a 13-4 record overall and a mark of 5-1 in the conference, earning a share of its seventh straight Ivy League title. Following the season, Max Seibald took home just about every award possible, winning the 2009 Tewaaraton Trophy, as well two of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s top honors – the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award, for the Outstanding DI Player of the Year, and the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award, for the Outstanding Midfielder of the Year. Seibald, who also won the Lowe’s Senior Class Award, also became the first player in the history of Ivy League lacrosse to be named first-team All-Ivy four straight years. Coach Tambroni was also honored by the USILA with the Morris Touchstone Award, as the national coach of the year, while Rob Pannell was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. 

2010 – The Big Red made a return trip to the NCAA semifinals in 2010 and finished the year with a 12-6 record overall and a mark of 4-2 in the conference. Cornell earned a share of its eighth straight Ivy League title. Following the season, Rob Pannell won the USILA’s Jack Turnbull Award as the outstanding attackman in Division I. Additionally, Ryan Hurley graduated as the second-leading scorer in Big Red history with 140 career goals. With his 47 goals on the season, he also became just the second player in Cornell history to register 40 goals in three straight seasons, joining the Big Red’s all-time leading scorer Mike French (1974, 75, 76).

2011 – In his first season at the helm of the program, Head Coach Ben DeLuca led the Big Red to a 14-3 record and a trip to the NCAA quarterfinals. Cornell ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation as it won its ninth consecutive Ivy League title with a perfect 6-0 conference mark the longest stretch since Cornell won 10-straight championships between 1974 and 1983. The Big Red’s eight consecutive regular-season Ivy titles is the longest current stretch by any men’s lacrosse team in any conference. Cornell then went on to win its first-ever Ivy League tournament title. DeLuca became only the second coach in the history of the Ivy League to post an undefeated Ivy record in his first season, joining Ned Harkness (Cornell; 1966), and is the first coach in Cornell men’s lacrosse history to lead the Big Red to the NCAA tournament in his first season. Following the season Rob Pannell ’12 was selected as a first-team All-American and was named the USILA Player of the Year, the USILA Attackman of the Year, the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year, a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist and a nominee for an ESPY in the category of Best Collegiate Male Athlete. Pannell was joined on the All-American list by Max Feely ’11, Roy Lang ’12 and Jason Noble ’13. The quartet was also named All-Ivy, along with Mike Bronzino ’13 and David Lau ’11.

2012 – Despite losing Rob Pannell, the reigning USILA National Player of the Year, in just its second game of the season, the Big Red still managed to be highly competitive throughout 2012, ranking as high as third in the country before seeing its season come to an end in the opening round of the Ivy League Tournament. Cornell finished the year with a 9-4 record overall and a mark of 4-2 in the conference, good for a second-place finish in the league standings. Freshman Matt Donovan was named the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Senior Roy Lang and junior Jason Noble were named first-team All-Ivy, while Donovan was joined on the second-team by senior Chris Langton, and juniors Thomas Keith and Steve Mock were named honorable mention selections. Lang (third-team) and Noble (second-team) also added All-America honors to their list of post-season awards, while Langton was selected to participate in the USILA North/South Senior All-Star Game.

2013 - The Big Red returned to the national spotlight in 2013, rising as high as No. 2 in the national rankings, going undefeated in Ivy League play, and advancing to the NCAA semifinals before falling to eventual national champion Duke in an epic game. The team posted a  14-4 record overall, with three losses coming by a single goal before their final loss came by a two-goal margin against the Blue Devils. During the course of the season, Rob Pannell ’14 broke a handful of Cornell, Ivy League and NCAA records, becoming the all-time leading scorer in Division I history (354), as well as the Cornell all-time assist leader (204). Pannell then punctuated his epic career by winning the Tewaaraton Trophy. Pannell was also named the winner of the USILA Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award, for the Outstanding DI Player of the Year, as well as the Ivy League Player of the Year. He is just the fifth player in USILA history to earn the Enners award twice and he is the first-ever three-time Ivy League Player of the Year in men’s lacrosse and just the fourth player in the history of Division I college lacrosse to be named conference player of the year three times. Pannell also became just the fourth player in Cornell men’s lacrosse history to be a four-time All-American, earning a first-team selection for the third consecutive season. Joining him on the first team was defender Jason Noble ’13, while midfielder Connor Buczek ’15 earned a second-team nod. Van Bourgondien (third-team), attackman Steve Mock ’13 (third-team), and long-stick midfielder Thomas Keith ’13 (honorable mention) were also honored. Pannell, Mock, Buczek, and Noble were all unanimously chosen first-team All-Ivy, with Van Bourgondien, Keith, and goalie AJ Fiore ’13 earning second-team selections.

2014 - Under the direction of Interim Head Coach Matt Kerwick, the 2014 squad exceeded all expectations. Cornell was selected 17th overall in the 2014 Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Preseason Poll, marking the first time since being tabbed 11th in 2003 that Cornell was chosen to finish outside the top 10. Once the Big Red season began on Feb. 22, the team rose in the USILA poll for four straight weeks before earning a No. 2 ranking on March 24. Altogether, the team stayed in the top 10 for five straight weeks. The Big Red opened the season with a 9-0 record and was the last undefeated team in the nation. The 9-0 start was the best by a first-year coach in Cornell history since Ned Harkness won 22 straight and the team finished with an 11-5 record overall and a mark of 5-1 in the Ivy League. The team won the Ivy League title and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where it fell to national semifinalist Maryland on a goal scored with two seconds to play in the contest. Following the season, Cornell swept the major Ivy League awards with Connor Buczek and Christian Knight earning Player and Rookie of the Year honors, respectively. The Big Red also had seven All-Ivy selections, including four first-team honorees, and five All-Americans. 

2015 - The Big Red finished the season with a 10-6 record overall (4-2 Ivy) and claimed a share of its 29th Ivy League title and made its 27th NCAA tournament appearance. Cornell ranked in the top 10 of the USILA Coaches Poll in 10-of-13 weeks during the season, rising as high as No. 7 on March 16 following a dominating win over Yale. The Big Red earned an eight-seed in the NCAA Tournament, where it fell to Albany in the first round. Following the season, a host of Big Red players earned accolades, beginning with first-team All-American and unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection Connor Buczek. The 2015 Senior CLASS Award winner in men’s lacrosse, graduated as the top-scoring midfielder in Big Red history with 155 points and ranks in the top 20 in Cornell history among all players for goals (ninth – 106), points (13th – 155), and assists (18th – 49).  Just the ninth player in Cornell history, and the 33d player in the history of the Ivy League, to be named first-team All-Ivy three times in their career, he became the first midfielder in Cornell history to score 40 goals in a season, and he was just the seventh midfielder in the history of the Ivy League to record both 40 goals in a single season and 100 goals in a career. An outstanding student, Buczek was also named a CoSIDA Academic All-District men’s at-large selection and a USILA Scholar Athlete. Buczek was joined on the All-American teams by classmates Jordan Stevens (second team), Matt Donovan (honorable mention), and Chris Cook (honorable mention). With his honorable mention selection, Cook joins his father, Kevin Cook ‘84, to become the first father-son duo to earn All-American honors for the Cornell lacrosse program.  Stevens was also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection and a USILA Scholar Athlete. He proved to be one of the top cover men in the nation and finished his career ranked third in Cornell history with 63 caused turnovers. Donovan was a first-team All-Ivy selection after leading the Big Red in points (64) and assists (25) while finishing second overall in goals (39). He was just the 10th player in Cornell history to post at least 50 points in consecutive seasons and graduated ranked in the top 10 in Cornell history in points (fourth – 189), goals (eighth – 119), and assists (eighth – 70). In addition to Buczek, Donovan, and Stevens, seniors John Hogan (second-team) and Dan Lintner (honorable mention), as well as sophomore Christian Knight (honorable mention) also earned All-Ivy honors. Although he did not earn any post-season accolades, sophomore face-off specialist Domenic Massimilian proved invaluable to the Big Red, finishing the season ranked seventh in the nation in face-off winning percentage, and breaking the school record with a mark of .654. He also broke the school record for face-off wins in a season (249) and ground balls in a season (150). 

2016 - One of the youngest teams in the nation, the Big Red finished with a 6-7 record (1-5 Ivy), with four of its seven losses coming to nationally ranked opponents. Cornell managed two upsets on the season, defeating No. 17 Virginia, and taking down No. 11 Syracuse in overtime for Cornell’s first win over the Orange since 2012. Of the 39 players who saw action during the 2016 season, more than one-third (15) were freshmen, including seven who started at least one game. The freshman class proved to be the second-highest-scoring rookie class in program history with 82 points coming from seven players. Following the season, Cornell had five players named All-Ivy. Brennan Donville ’16, John Edmonds ‘16, Domenic Massimilian ’17, and Jake Pulver ’18 were named second-team, while Ryan Matthews ’16 earned an honorable mention selection. All five players were first-time honorees. Donville was also named an YRL Unsung Hero finalist, and was a USILA Scholar All-American, along with Matt Schattner ’16.

2017 - After opening the season with five consecutive losses, the Big Red rebounded to go 5-3 down the stretch, including an upset of No. 13 Princeton in the season finale to finish with a mark of 5-8 overall and a fourth-place finish in the Ivy League (3-3).  Following the season, junior Jake Pulver and freshman Jeff Teat were named second-team All-Ivy, while Christian Knight, Marshall Peters, and Clarke Petterson were all named honorable mention. Teat finished the regular season ranked first in the Ivy League in both points (5.54) and assists per game (3.00) and broke Rob Pannell’s Cornell freshman scoring record with 72 points.  Teat was named an honorable mention USILA All-America, as well as an Inside Lacrosse All-Aermican following the season., while Marshall Peters was named a USILA Scholar All-American. 

2018 - The 2018 squad exceeded all expectations, evidenced by the team’s appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals, where it fell to defending national champion Maryland. After back-to-back losing seasons in 2016 and 2017, the Big Red started the 2018 season well outside the top 20 and were picked to finish fifth in the Ivy League. Under interim head coach Peter Milliman’s direction Cornell continually improved, returning to the USILA Coaches’ Poll on March 26 (No. 14) ending a 29-week unranked drought, the longest stretch in school history. The team went on to finish second in the conference with a mark of 4-2 before winning the program’s first Ivy League Tournament title since the 2011 campaign. The Big Red finished the year with an overall record of 13-5, posting eight more wins than it did the previous season (5), matching the best single-season turnaround in program history. Cornell finished the year ranked in the top five in the nation in goals, assists, points, scoring margin, and shooting percentage.

2019 - In his first season as the Richard M. Moran Head Coach, Milliman’s Big Red posted a 10-5 record overall despite facing one of the toughest schedules in the nation. Four of Cornell’s five losses came against teams that finished the regular season ranked in the top three of the USILA Coaches Poll, while one of its wins came over No. 1 Towson on March 10, giving Cornell victories over the No. 1 team in the nation in back-to-back seasons. The Big Red’s offense was one of the most dangerous in the nation, as Cornell finished in the top 10 in goals, assists, and points. Following the season, Cornell had 10 players named All-Ivy, including first-team selections Jeff Teat, Brandon Salvatore and Ryan Bray. Both Teat and Salvatore were unanimously voted onto the first team and went on to be named USILA All-Americans, along with Clarke Petterson. 

2020 - The Big Red got off to its best start since 2014, opening the season 5-0 and carrying all the momentum in the world before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. Even having played only five games, Cornell posted several impressive wins in 2020, including an exciting 17-16 victory over No. 16 Ohio State in Columbus and a thrilling 18-17 win over No. 2 Penn State at the Crown Lacrosse Classic on a last-second Angelo Petrakis game-winner. The Big Red ended the shortened season ranked second in the USILA Coaches’ and Inside Lacrosse Maverik Media Polls. This marked Cornell’s highest USILA ranking since the 2014 campaign.

2021 - The Ivy League cancels all athletic events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no contests are had across any sports in the Ivy League, and limited competition occurs nationally, with most programs competing in abbreviated season formats. Connor Buczek '15 is named the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse. Jeff Teat '21 becomes the first Cornellian to be the No. 1 overall pick in both major lacrosse professional leagues (National Lacrosse League and Premier Lacrosse League)

2022 - Despite a year-long hiatus, Cornell wasted no time getting back to the national spotlight. In just his first season of games, Buczek guided the Big Red to a 4-2 in the Ivy League, earning a share of the regular season title. In non-conference contests, Cornell went 7-1 for a combined 11-3 record, earning a seventh-seed spot in the 2022 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament. A tournament appearance was just the beginning, as the Big Red went on to upset sixth-seed Rutgers in the NCAA semifinals, 17-10, and appeared in its eighth NCAA title game, and first since the 2009 season.

2023 - Cornell makes back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, this time as the eighth seed, for the first time since making it three years straight in 2013-15. Senior Gavin Adler '23 is drafted as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 Premier Lacrosse League Draft.